4.8 quake hits typhoon-ravaged Philippines

(FILE) This photo taken on October 17, 2013 shows the destroyed historic St Michael Parish church in Clarin in the central Philippine island of Bohol, damaged during a 7.1 magnitude quake that hit the area on October 15. (AFP Photo / Jay Directo)

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake has hit the Philippines island of Bohol just days after a powerful typhoon left thousands dead in the Pacific nation.

The quake’s epicenter was in the San Isidro municipality of the
island province, according to a USGS report.

It is located some 45km from Tagbilaran, the provincial capital
that has almost 100,000 residents.

The tremor hit at the depth of about 70km, according to early
USGS estimates.

The Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology put the
depth of the quake much less deep, at just 9km.

It said it was an aftershock of the 7.2 magnitude quake that hit
the island on October 15.

No immediate casualty or damage report is available. The
authorities did not issue a tsunami alert following the quake.

Last month’s quake killed 22 people and displaced tens of
thousands. It also caused damage to more than 73,000 structures.

Bohol Island is located just south of the path of devastation
left behind by the powerful Typhoon Haiyan, known locally
as Typhoon Yolanda.

The typhoon, which was the strongest to hit the country in
decades, left an estimated 10,000 people killed and leveled
thousands of homes. Philippines declared a state of national
calamity as search and rescue operations continue.